▲ 588 ▼ TIL - After World War II, thousands of Nazis fled to South America along so-called ratlines — often with the help of Catholic clergy (www.dw.com) submitted 2 years ago by bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to c/til@lemmy.world 42 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (2 children) I've got a lovely German style beer stein that was "handcrafted in Brazil," in 1978. Now why would there be a bunch of nostalgic Germans in Brazil in the '70s? Hmm... permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 18 points 2 years ago tbh many fled to South Anerica because there were many German immigrants already there, meaning the Nazis didn't stand out. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jungle@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago* Also a lot of Jews fleeing the Nazis ended up in South America. My grandparents, for example. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 18 points 2 years ago tbh many fled to South Anerica because there were many German immigrants already there, meaning the Nazis didn't stand out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jungle@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago* Also a lot of Jews fleeing the Nazis ended up in South America. My grandparents, for example. permalink fedilink source parent